-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An unusual movie promotion stunt threatened to turn deadly Tuesday when a World War II-era biplane flipped over while landing near the nation 's capital .

Nobody was hurt , though one of the main runways at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was closed for roughly an hour after the crash , an airport spokeswoman said . The plane was righted by a crane .

The 1943 Stearman , a popular training aircraft during the war , was one of nine flying to Reagan National from Virginia 's Manassas Regional Airport to help promote the movie `` Legends of Flight , '' a film meant to provide a window into `` a century of aviation trial and error , '' according to its Web site .

The two-seat , open-cockpit plane `` took a back-end bounce , '' as it landed , movie executive producer Doug Freeman told CNN . `` The pilot and passenger got out unhurt '' and later relaxed over a cup of coffee .

The pilot was identified as Michael Truschel of Nokesville , Virginia -- located near Manassas . The accident occurred at the end of a roughly 20-minute flight under clear skies and light winds .

`` It looked like -LRB- Michael -RRB- was up on the main gear , and then the nose went down and the tail went up , '' said pilot Dave Brown , who was directly behind Truschel 's aircraft .

`` I sidestepped -LRB- Truschel -RRB- and landed right behind him , '' Brown told CNN .

Air traffic controllers directed the other planes to land on another runway .

Brown told CNN that `` by the time it happened , -LRB- Truschel -RRB- was going really slowly , so when it flipped over on its nose it just went on over on its top wing . '' The main body of the overturned plane remained high enough off the ground for Truschel and his passenger to release their harnesses and then climb out .

`` It shows how rigid Boeing made the plane , '' Brown noted . `` They were built as trainers for cadets who flipped them like this quite often . ''

Brown said there was damage to the tail , a wing and the prop of Truschel 's plane .

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WWII-era biplane flips while landing at Reagan National Airport near Washington , D.C.

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The flight was part of a promotion for the movie `` Legends of Flight ''

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The plane was a 1943 Stearman , a popular training aircraft during the war

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Nobody was injured in the crash